REFERENCE SPOT-205-81-804-06-002
DOI: 060324
TITLE: SPOT-205-81-804-06-002/PLACEMENT OF TWO IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES ON OR AROUND BRIDGE IN AD DIWANIYAH, IRAQ (U)
SUMMARY: (S//REL TO USA, MCFI) TWO IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, BUILT USING ONE 120 MM MORTAR ROUND EACH, ARE EMPLACED ON OR IN THE VICINITY OF A BRIDGE IN AD DIWANIYAH, IRAQ.
ON 24 MARCH 2006, TWO IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IED) WERE EMPLACED ON OR IN THE VICINITY OF A BRIDGE (38RMA97323928) IN AD DIWANIYAH (38RMA9239). EACH IED CONSISTS OF A 120 MM MORTAR ROUND THAT IS ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO A DETONATION DEVICE. (SOURCE COMMENT: THE DETONATOR OF THE DEVICE MUST BE WITHIN 200 METERS OF THE IED'S.) THE IED WERE PLACED BY MEMBERS OF THE JAISH AL MAHDI (JAM) AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 HOURS. THE DETONATION OF THE IEDS WILL INITIATE A SMALL ARMS FIRE AMBUSH BY APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO SEVEN JAM MEMBERS WAITING NEAR THE BRIDGE. THE AMBUSH WAS PLANNED BY SHEIK ((MUHAMMAD)), A KNOWN JAM MEMBER IN AD DIWANIYAH. (SOURCE COMMENT: IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER THE AMBUSH SITE WILL BE MANNED AT ALL TIMES.)